Movie Quote of the Day (‘Dead Poets Society,’ on Why We Read and Write Poetry)

John Keating [played by Robin Williams, pictured]: “I'll tell you a secret: we don't read and write poetry because it's pretty. We read and write poetry because we belong to the human race, which is filled with passion. Medicine, Law, Commerce, Engineering... they are noble and necessary races to dignify human life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love are things that keep us alive.”— Dead Poets Society (1989), screenplay by Tom Schulman, directed by Peter Weir